Manufacture of oil-cloth.



MAX ABRAHAMS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. MANUFACTURE or OIL-CLOTH.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, MAX ABRAHAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Oil-Cloths, of which the following is a specification."

Heretofore oil cloths used as floor coverings, &c. have been commonly made by fillmg in and imposing upon burla s a suflicient ipliantity of paints to afford a ody to take e wear incident to floor coverings or the other uses to which such oil cloths may beapplied, the burlaps practically serving to ho d the body of paints so used together, it being intended that the paint body shall take and endure'the wear and tear'of' use, as the fabric so made becomes practically useless upon the wearing-off of the outer coating of paint.

When burlap is used in the manufacture of oil cloths it has to be first sized with glue to give it sufficient stifi'ness, which treatment makes the burlap very brittle. Next the burlap has to be filled and overlaid with a common paint largely composed of earthy matter, after which this paint coating is ground or rubbed so as to'give it a sufiiciently 'smooth surface upon which to lay the desired pattern or ornamentation in oil aints.

This earthy aint only increases the rittleness of the abric, and the result is that so soon as the outer covering of 'oil paint used in laying on the fpattern is worn off the deterioration of the abric is exceedingly rapid, and it directly becomes useless.

The object of my invention is to produce an oil cloth the body of which is made of paper especially prepared for the urpose, with or without a reinforcement o textile fabric, as hereinafter described, u on which is laid a coating formed entirely 0 oil paint u on which the desired pattern may be laid, t us obviating expense in manufacture, and greatly reducing the brittleness and destructibility of the completed fabric.

"I produce my article of manufacture by first taking a heavy paper which in its manu= facture is subjected to strong pressure between rollers and c'alendered, thus producing a paper of close texture and reat density, and smoothly faced on both si es. This paper may be made of any materials common] used in paper-making, but I prefer that 1t Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 8, 1907. SerialNo. 350,643.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

should be of a red color. This paper I then pass slowly through boiled linseed 'oil, enabling the paper to absorb as much of the oil as possible. approximating 180 for about twelve hours. The paper thus dried, I coat it with I then drBy the paper in a heat' a paint composed of boiled linseed oil and dry mineral paint, with which Imay or may not mix aproportion of twenty-five per cent.

of powdered asbestos; it being understood .that I coat-the paper on both sides. The

color of the paint thus used is preferably the same'as that of the body of the paper above mentioned. This paint is applied in two coats on' each face of the paper, proper time being given foreach coat of paint to dry thoroughly before the next coat is applied. When the outer coat of paint so applied has become thoroughly dry, I apply the desired pattern or ornamentation on one side of the fabric, which is done in oil paint in the manner heretofore in common use in the manufacture of ordinary oil cloth. I then allow the last coat of paint in which the pattern is laid on to become thoroughly dry. This drying process usually consumes about seven days. I then apply on each side of the fabric a coat of elastic um varnish, such as is in common use with 01% cloth makers, and allow the same to become thoroughly dry and hard, when the fabric is complete and ready for use. the application of. the varnish upon both sidias of the fabric I insure the protection of the fabric from dam ness, &c.

While I find the paper fa ric of.-the kind described to afford a strong, tough, pliable and smooth faced base for an oil cloth, it may be further strengthened without seriousloss of pliability or increase in weight, by combiningwith the paper on its side which is to be left plain a thin but strong textile fabric,

such as cheese cloth. I effect such combination of textile fabric with such paper b first drawing the textile fabric through g no in liquid fdrm, and then assi the paper base and the cloth or texti e fabric thus wet with glue to ether between steam heated "calender cloth. The textile fabric thus employed, be-

ing composed of fine threads, presents a much smoother face than burlaps, thereby affording a better surface for the coating of paint sides by a heavy oil paint body, and having 15 which is afterwards applied in the manner above described, while the use of the objectionable earthy paint is obviated. ric thus produced always lies fiat and even on any level surface upon which it is placed, a thing which oil cloth made with burlaps does not do owing to the wrinkling of the burlaps in the sizing process.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An article of manufacture consisting of a fabric made of a compressed sheet of paper soaked in linseed oil, and covered on both The faban external varnish coat on both sides.

2. An article of manufacture consisting of a fabric made of a sheet of heavy compressed paper reinforced with a thin textile fabric glued thereto, a linseed oil filling of said paper, a heavy coat of oil paint on each side of said combined sheets of paper and textile fabric, and an outer covering of elastic varnish on both sides thereof.

MAX ABRAHAMS.

'itnesses I. M. ALTEML'S. ELwooi) W. MooRE, Jr. 

